The book, The Dambuster Raid represents a comprehensive review of this great raid, also known as Operation Chastise undertaken by 19 British Avro four-engine Lancaster bombers on the night of May 16, 1943.  This mission centered on attacking and hopefully breaching a number of the dams in Germany’s industrial heartland.  Lead by the charismatic command of Guy Gibson, VC, the primary goal of the mission was to destroy a significant number of factories, cut-off electricity in the area and to thoroughly demoralize both civilian and military personnel in the immediate area of the targeted dams.  “The Dambuster Raid” was, while admittedly controversial due to the significant collateral damage caused to civilians in the areas attacked, one of the most audacious bombing raids of World War II.  “The Dambuster Raid”, chronicles the development of inventor Barnes Wallis’ ‘bouncing bomb’, the thorough planning for the mission by the Royal Air Force Bomber Command’s 617 Squadron, the mission itself and the aftermath.  Although many of the dams attacked by 617 Squadron were not compromised, two of the biggest, the Mohne and Eder were breached causing havoc and mayhem down stream of the ruptured dams.  The cost of this operation to the British included the loss of 11 Lancaster bombers along with many of their crewmembers.  The major sections of “The Dambusters Raid” are as follows: 1) Acknowledgements; 2) Preface; 3) Chapter 1 – Theory (Pre-war And Early Second World War Plans By The Air Staff To Attack German Dams); 4) Chapter 2 – Frustration (Proposal And Rejection Of Wallis’s First Independent Scheme, 1940-1941); 5) Chapter 3 – Tenacity (Evolution Of The Bouncing Mine For Separate Admiralty And Air Staff Targets, 1941-1943 – Wallis’s Second Scheme); 6) Chapter 4 – Development (Experiments And Dropping Tests On The Weapon Destined For Operation Chastise); 7) Chapter 5 – Training (Formulation And Preparation Of 617 Squadron, March To May 1943); 8) Chapter 6 – Planning (Decision-Making Process, February To May 1943); 9) Chapter 7 – Takeoff (RAF Scramton, The Last 48 Hours, 15-16 May, 1943); 10) Chapter 8 - Attack, Wave 1 (Mohne And Eder Dams) 11) Chapter 9 – Attack, Waves 2 And 3 (Sorpe, Ennepe, Lister And Diemel Dams); 12) Chapter 10 – Effect, Germany (Counting The Cost); 13) Chapter 11 – Aftermath, The Allies (National And International Impact); 14) Chapter 12 – Significance (Reflection And Conclusion); 15) Appendix A – Glossary And Abbreviations; 16) Appendix B – Significant Dates Connected With Operation Chastise; 17) Appendix C – 617 Squadron Crews Engaged In Operation Chastise, 16/17 May, 1943; 18) Appendix D – Awards To Members Of no. 617 Squadron RAF Following Operation Chastise; 19) Appendix E – Analysis Of 617 Squadron Crew Flying On Operation Chastise; 20) A Contemporary Perspective (Continuing Interest And Renewed Criticism); 21) Postscript 2002; 22) Bibliography and 23) Index.  In addition to an informative narrative, “The Dambusters Raid” includes approximately 88 black and white photographs and illustrations.  This book is 314 pages and is in excellent condition.  The author is John Sweetman.  Edition published in 2002.